The Fairfax Fozzard font of knowledge
A long overdue update on the magic lantern slides that I acquired at auction, originally from the marvellous J. A. Fairfax Fozzard, the...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Mar 25, 2017
- 2 min
No tea, no biscuits. Just the taste of bone.
Visiting one of only two charnel chapels (or ossuaries) left in the country left a bitter taste in my mouth. Though it was possibly more...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Feb 24, 2017
- 1 min
Skulls a plenty
Today, not many words are needed, as I just wanted to share my first attempts to bring out the beauty of the variety of skull shapes....
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Oct 18, 2016
- 2 min
Uncle Neanderthal and Auntie Denisovan
A friend recently visited the USA, and did me the marvellous favour of going to the Museum of Osteology in Oklahoma City. She did a fair...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Jul 12, 2016
- 1 min
Spin the skull game
D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum in Dundee is one of many museums on my bucket list to visit. It's not the best, or the most comprehensive...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Apr 8, 2016
- 2 min
Witch skull with iron stake for sale
(Witch skull, Woolley and Wallis Auction House, Salisbury) It's not often that the usual run of skulls up for auction varies from the...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Mar 25, 2016
- 1 min
Lost your head?
A number of friends shared this with me, asking if I was in some way responsible. (Those of you who don't know me might not be aware of...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Nov 20, 2015
- 1 min
Skulls with soul
Some bones just give you a look. It is often the primates, but some skulls seemespecially expressive, and just catch your attention. This...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Oct 31, 2014
- 1 min
Skull with a smile
One of the most engaging exhibits at the Oxford Museum of Natural History is this skull. It is a juvenile Western Gorilla, looking out of...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Dec 13, 2013
- 1 min
SOS - Save our skulls!
Do yourself a favour. Rather than receive the same old Christmas jumper and socks this year, get your relatives to buy you a skull! There...
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